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Author Lawton, Denis

Title The Politics of the School Curriculum (RLE Edu B)
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (169 pages)
Series Routledge Library Editions: Education
Routledge library editions. Education.
Contents THE POLITICS OF THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM; Copyright; The Politics of the school curriculum; Original Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1The meaning of politics; Chapter 2Teachers and the control of the curriculum; Chapter 3The growing power of the mandarins and the secret service; Chapter 4The Assessment of Performance Unit; Chapter 5The Schools Council; Chapter 6The control of the examination system; Chapter 7The politics of curriculum evaluation; Chapter 8'The end of the secret garden?'; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary If the curriculum can be defined as a 'selection from the culture of society', the central question then becomes 'who selects'. This volume answers this question, reviewing various aspects of the curriculum and its planning. For many years the control of the curriculum was uncontroversial. In the 1970s this situation changed: teachers were increasingly criticised for having too much power; the Department of Education was suspected of wanting more control and local education authorities felt they should be more involved in curriculum planning. In reviewing some of the reasons for these confl
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Subject Curriculum planning -- Great Britain -- History
Curriculum planning -- Great Britain -- Decision making
Curriculum planning -- Government policy -- Great Britain
Curriculum planning.
Curriculum planning -- Decision making.
Curriculum planning -- Government policy.
Great Britain.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History.
Form Electronic book
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